Juana Inés de la Cruz
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Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was a Hieronymite nun and a Novohispanic writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, nickname
Portrait by Miguel Cabrera, c. 1750
Firma de Juana Inés de la Cruz
Hacienda of Panoayan in Amecameca, residence of the Ramírez de Santillana family.
Inside the Hieronymite cloister where Sor Juana spent much of her life.
Tepetlixpa
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Tepetlixpa is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 46.68 km2 and borders on the state of Morelos.
Juana Inés de la Cruz
…for Catholic sainthood; a symbol of Mexican nationalism; and a paragon of freedom of speech, women's rights, and sexual diversity, Juana was born in San Miguel Nepantla (presently Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz) near Mexico City as the illegitimate daughter of Don Pedro Manuel de Asuaje y Vargas-Machuca (1602-1680…
Church of Saint Stephen in Tepetlixpa